August 21st 2007 / learned
In my wanderings around the great big Internet I often come upon fresh blogs, new kids on the block so to speak. And on these blogs with no more than three posts in the archives—two of which are a “welcome to _blank” and a “Sorry I haven’t posted in a month… here’s why”—I tend to find these extremely impressive blog rolls that read like a who’s who of web design and blogging.
I’m baffled by this.
Why in the world would anybody automatically link to someone they don’t know? Is it the misconception that it supplies instant blog cred? Do these blog owners think their blog will explode if it contains a link to a well known blog? Or is this just fandom run rampant?
I would never link to anyone I didn’t know. It seems to me that most of these blog roll “regulars” would ignore any requests to return the favor in kind, and probably don’t even know your blog exists, so what is the point with wasting valuable ad/content space with a list of links of already over linked blogs belonging to people whom don’t even appreciate the link back?
When did Blog Rolls stop being a list of actual friends that blog and instead become a list of the biggest names in blogging and web development you can think of?
Enlighten me.
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I’ve been working in the web development industry for five years now. For five years I’ve been able to sustain a specific lifestyle, working solo. Working in an industry I both love and admire. I’ve seen designers, programmers, ideas, businesses and so on, come and go, come again then leave once more. I’ve heard just about every conceivable pitch for projects from one page brochures to one-hundred page social networks. I’ve been offered partnerships, equity, free hosting and heard promises of more work to come. Basically I’ve heard it all.
There is one thing I do above all else that keeps my business running and my mind clear. Keeps me riding the karmic bicycle in the right direction if you will.
That thing. That one, simple thing is; Respect.
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